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The Police in Abuja have arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly disguising as a woman to lure men at nightclubs.
The suspect, Iliyasu Omika, a native of Kogi State was arrested at a brothel in Mpape on November 5 around 5am “after his supposed client raised alarm upon discovery that he was actually a man and not a woman as he claimed.”
Omika, who was among 15 suspects paraded by the FCT Police Command on Wednesday, however denied the allegations, admitting to journalists that he met the man in a bar while he was with his sisters. He explained that the complainant offered to buy him drinks, but he turned down the offer because he does not take alcohol.
According to him, he and his sisters were in the bar to look for jobs, but the man informed him that they could get employment at the bar.
“I was in a bar and a man saw me and asked if I was Igala (ethnic group), I said yes. He offered to buy drinks for me, but I told him I don’t take alcohol, so he bought me a soft drink.
“I told him that my sisters and I were in the bar to look for jobs, but he said there were no jobs there and offered to take us to his house. He explained that we could stay the night and promised to give us N3,000 so we could go back to our village; so, we went with him to his house” he said.
“The man said my sisters should come and sleep with him, but they refused and chose to sleep in the living room. So, I slept off and the man touched my chest and upon discovering that I was a man, he called the police and I was arrested. It was at daybreak that the police came and I was taken away,” Omika added.
